A krill fishing boat near the South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean
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Talks to create new marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Antarctic have once again failed, despite warnings from scientists that tougher conservation measures are urgently needed to help protect the fragile ecosystem from climate change and overfishing.
The 27 countries that make up the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) met for a special meeting in Chile this month, in an attempt to break a six-year deadlock over the creation of new Antarctic MPAs. …
